A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Mee, John
MEE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 31.)
John Mee entered the Navy, in Feb. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Santa Margarita 36, Capt. Wilson Rathborne, in which frigate he participated in Sir Rich. Strachan’a action 4 Nov. 1805, and continued employed as Midshipman in the Bay of Biscay and off the coast of Ireland until April, 1808. During the next two years we find him coming into frequent contact, in the Talbot sloop, Capt. Hon. Alex. Jones, with the batteries on the coasts of Portugal, Spain, and Norway. He then, in 1810, joined the San Josef 110, successive flagship of Sir Chas. Cotton and Lord Keith off Toulon and Brest; and he was afterwards employed, in the Baltic and North America, on board the Victory 100, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez, Orion 74, Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson, and Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, whom he accompanied in the expedition against New Orleans. He was made Lieutenant, 9 Feb. 1815, into the Narcissus 32, Capt. Hon. Geo. Alfred Crofton; and since his return to England in May, 1816, has been on half-pay. Agents – Burnett and Holmes.